Uncle Katie and Uncle Reed!

Reed had another delightful visit with our favorite red heads, Uncle Reed and Aunt Katie! 
Noah, sensing that Reed and Katie are nearly one in the same, thought the title "Uncle" would work just as good as "Aunt" for Katie, so that is what he often referred to her as.  :)
(We'll get that straightened out by Thankgiving, don't you worry....)

Nandi Visit

Noah got to meet his newest cousin Layla when Auntie Lisa, Uncle Derrik, Ajji, Ajja, and Jyoti all came for a visi in May.*  Noah fell in love with Layla immediately and now holds all babies to the standard of "Baby Layla". 
*This post is delayed because Mommy didn't manage to take any decent pictures, and forgot that Lisa had sent these great shots...I hope it is ok that I posted these...

Butterfly Pavillion!

 

(This picture was included for those of you who wonder if Noah has a mom...he does, she just doen't have a personal photographer like the other family members have...)

Springtime fun!

Kites with dad!  (Or as Noah innocently pronounces it...'kikes')

One of Noah's favorite places...

Chucky Cheese!
These aren't great pics, but it's been so long since I've posted, I thought I should put something! 
The first picture is Noah riding a very patriotic car, and the other is Noah assessing the most important, and often the most exciting part of a game -- figuring out where to put the token.

Getting his motor running....

Taken on a recent trip to the airport, Noah's favorite place in the world

Utah trip!

Noah decided to get out of the house while daddy watched the first round of March Madness college basketball.  A major highlight of the trip was seeing Uncle Reed and Aunt Katie (shown below at the "Provo Beach Resort").  He also loved seeing cousin Kaia (who he talks about daily), cousin Andrew, and Aunt Miel, though we didn't seem to get any good pics with them.  He also loved seeing grandma's dog Claire, but Claire didn't stick around Noah long enough to have her picture taken.

Birthday Fun!

Noah had a great 2nd Birthday party at Gymboree with a few of his very best buddies. 

Here are a few highlights...

There was climbing...

There was sliding (and checking out cute girls...Hi Maya!)....

There were tunnels...

 

...Bubble time... 

...Fun on the log roll...

...Fun with parachute time...

...And treats (great smile Mira!)!!

(and...sigh...introduction to juice...an instant favorite...)

Thank you everyone who came to make Noah's party so much fun! 

Special Thanks to Ajji and Ajja for coming all the way from California!!!   

Last visit to the Acquarium

For Noah's 1st Birthday we got a pass to the Denver Acquarium. 
Since the pass expired last week we said goodbye to the fishies and sharks and tigers (yes, we have tigers).  And at the very end, each of the stingrays came by to get a love, one by one.